{"id":8270,"date":"2018-08-23T12:09:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-23T10:09:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.underwatertales.net\/2018\/08\/23\/xr-wreck-tour-2018-i-relitti-della-calabria\/"},"modified":"2022-07-07T11:12:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T09:12:07","slug":"xr-wreck-tour-2018_-the-wrecks-of-calabria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.underwatertales.net\/en\/2018\/08\/23\/xr-wreck-tour-2018_-the-wrecks-of-calabria\/","title":{"rendered":"XR Wreck Tour 2018_ the wrecks of Calabria"},"content":{"rendered":"
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n On Monday morning we left for the third stage, destination Marina di Gioiosa Ionica<\/strong>, in Calabria. On Stefano’s minibus, crammed with divers and equipment, we crossed the entire Ionian coast in an interminable journey of six hours. The next morning we met on time at the Diving Megale Hellas<\/a>, managed by Roberta Eliodoro, who gave us the necessary support for the next three dives.<\/p>\n The first scheduled was on the Fort Missanabie<\/strong> wreck, a British armed freighter torpedoed in May 1944 off the coast of Roccella Jonica.<\/p>\nIt is the last stop on the 2018 XR Wreck Tour which brings together a team of SSI <\/a>Extended Range<\/a>\u00a0divers to promote and consolidate the XR Mares movement within the diving community. It starts from Santa Caterina, on the Ionian side of Salento, with destination Marina di Gioiosa Ionica, in Calabria.<\/h5>\n
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\nAnd finally, we met Tony Scontrino, the last member of the team to join.<\/p>\n